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Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government offers the rest of the world a troubling cautionary tale, writes Andrew Hammond .
Hammond: Journalists depend for their livelihoods, as in this case, on government wage subsidies.
He says Trudeau 's government has exceeded the demands of corporate lobbyists.
Hammond says it creates a clear conflict of interest for journalists.
Canada isn't alone in confronting this issue: Australia and Sweden have been described as “media welfare states” for decades .
Quillette: Government subsidies aren’t the answer to this problem, insofar as they inevitably serve to tarnish (and therefore devalue) the very product being subsidised.
Canadian journalists who support the subsidies generally are reluctant to defend them publicly because they (rightly) fear that such talk might encourage public distrust in their reporting.
Journalists who oppose them (again, rightly) fear incurring the wrath of their corporate bosses.
Mr Trudeau has little interest in drawing attention to the fact that his government is effectively bankrolling the reporters who are supposed to be holding him to account.
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